Anyone using a UK PS3 in the US?

[lost_at_sea 995]

We put a US power cable into the UK PS3 and it seems to be working fine. I use a US power supply with my MBP and my Nexus 4 and 7 (that I had in the UK plugged into walls, but they both came from the US) I plug straight into the walls with a US plug just fine.

I got rid of everything else (hair dryer, toaster, kettle, TV, etc.) and bought local versions.

[LauraDP 10]

From what my husband tells me (and he has transported electronic devices back and forth over the Atlantic) it should be OK to plug a UK device into the US power system as the US has lower voltage than the US. If you do it the other way around and plug a US device into the UK power supply the device will blow up because its circuitry has not been designed to cope with that voltage.

That said, a lot of electrical devices these days like laptops and games consoles are built with a sort of international circuitry (again, this is what my more techy husband tells me) so it should be OK to replace the UK power cord with a US one. We checked with the manufacturers of the PS3 and Wii to check that was the case. We are STILL waiting on our shipping arriving so I cannot confirm whether that works or not through direct experience. We are just charging the kids' DSes using travel adaptors for now but will investigate that at some point.

Some devices that require a motor to work - and I'm sure other things too - won't work in the US because of the low voltage issue.

Anyway, we are going to be buying US power cords for the Wii and PS3. The worst that will happen is that they won't work and we will have to go and buy a chunky transformer instead.

Best wishes

Laura

[civilservant 42]

My UK iPhone 5, Macbook Air, iPad and Dell Windows Clunker have all copped fine with being plugged straight into the US mains with only a plug converter. Apple chargers are universal with only a plug adaptor so that wasn't a surprised, but the Dell I thought might struggle.

What I will say is that I have noticed that even a full charge on my Macbook Air does not last anywhere near what it did back in the UK.

[Kiwinyc 62]

Computers, laptops, phones, nintendo DS's & other game consoles are configured to work with dual voltage. I know that a US purchased PS3 works fine in the UK because my interviewing officer at the US embassy told me about his when he discovered my fiancé (now husband) works for Blizzard - he just has to have the games sent over from the US to be playable. FWIW I have a couple of bedside lamps that works fine too. But the Nespresso, the bread machine and the DAB radio all had to be left behind, *sob*.